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DON CLIFTON
Many years of research conducted by The Gallup Organization suggest that the most effective people
are those who understand their strengths and behaviors. These people are best able to develop
strategies to meet and exceed the demands of their daily lives, their careers, and their families.
A review of the knowledge and skills you have acquired can provide a basic sense of your abilities,
but an awareness and understanding of your natural talents will provide true insight into the core
reasons behind your consistent successes.
Your Signature Themes report presents your five most dominant themes of talent, in the rank order
revealed by your responses to StrengthsFinder. Of the 34 themes measured, these are your "top
five."
Your Signature Themes are very important in maximizing the talents that lead to your successes. By
focusing on your Signature Themes, separately and in combination, you can identify your talents,
build them into strengths, and enjoy personal and career success through consistent, near-perfect
performance.
Competition
Competition is rooted in comparison. When you look at the world, you are instinctively aware of other
peoples performance. Their performance is the ultimate yardstick. No matter how hard you tried, no
matter how worthy your intentions, if you reached your goal but did not outperform your peers, the
achievement feels hollow. Like all competitors, you need other people. You need to compare. If you
can compare, you can compete, and if you can compete, you can win. And when you win, there is no
feeling quite like it. You like measurement because it facilitates comparisons. You like other
competitors because they invigorate you. You like contests because they must produce a winner. You
particularly like contests where you know you have the inside track to be the winner. Although you are
gracious to your fellow competitors and even stoic in defeat, you dont compete for the fun of
competing. You compete to win. Over time you will come to avoid contests where winning seems
unlikely.
Maximizer
Excellence, not average, is your measure. Taking something from below average to slightly above
average takes a great deal of effort and in your opinion is not very rewarding. Transforming something
Command
Command leads you to take charge. Unlike some people, you feel no discomfort with imposing your
views on others. On the contrary, once your opinion is formed, you need to share it with others. Once
your goal is set, you feel restless until you have aligned others with you. You are not frightened by
confrontation; rather, you know that confrontation is the first step toward resolution. Whereas others
may avoid facing up to lifes unpleasantness, you feel compelled to present the facts or the truth, no
matter how unpleasant it may be. You need things to be clear between people and challenge them to
be clear-eyed and honest. You push them to take risks. You may even intimidate them. And while
some may resent this, labeling you opinionated, they often willingly hand you the reins. People are
drawn toward those who take a stance and ask them to move in a certain direction. Therefore, people
will be drawn to you. You have presence. You have Command.
Significance
You want to be very significant in the eyes of other people. In the truest sense of the word you want to
be recognized. You want to be heard. You want to stand out. You want to be known. In particular, you
want to be known and appreciated for the unique strengths you bring. You feel a need to be admired
as credible, professional, and successful. Likewise, you want to associate with others who are
credible, professional, and successful. And if they arent, you will push them to achieve until they are.
Or you will move on. An independent spirit, you want your work to be a way of life rather than a job,
and in that work you want to be given free rein, the leeway to do things your way. Your yearnings feel
intense to you, and you honor those yearnings. And so your life is filled with goals, achievements, or
qualifications that you crave. Whatever your focusand each person is distinctyour Significance
theme will keep pulling you upward, away from the mediocre toward the exceptional. It is the theme
that keeps you reaching.